Re: FVWM: Shell scripts in FVWM menus

From: Dan Espen <dane_at_mk.telcordia.com>
Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2003 12:56:49 -0500

Timothy Groves <groves_ca_at_yahoo.co.uk> writes:
> On Sat, 15 Mar 2003 12:39:43 -0500
> Dan Espen <dane_at_mk.telcordia.com> wrote:
> > > Okay, I've RTFM, and it doesn't address this question: How exactly does
> > > one run a shell script from an FVWM exec command?
> >
> > Nothing special. If the shell script is in your path, and
> > named "myshell":
> >
> > Exec myshell
>
> This fails on my system. I'm using ROX Filer, which is one giant shell scrip
> t, and have tried calling it in my StartFunction as:
>
> + I Exec rox -p=rakshasa
> + I Exec exec rox -p=rakshasa

Reply to the list, not the one answering. (Sorry I haven't figured out
how to set the reply-to header correctly.)

Either of the first 2 forms should be fine.

I assume you tried it from the command line and it worked?

When you say it fails, does that mean nothing appears or are you
seeing a message?

Depending on how you started fvwm, error messages might be going to
different places. Most likely, any error messages are in
$HOME/.xsession-errors.

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